15 10 1271 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/014f758ac9d758e44ba6938f0520330e.jpg f75df628b6a070976fd05a4962fec0f7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geographic Card Set Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 007 Description An account of the resource In 1856, a hot new item hit the shelves in Russia: a set of <a data-size="medium" data-align="right" data-caption="description" data-annotations="" resource="yaroslav-province" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/3159934d76f3c41fb9190281e87d6db9.jpg" class="media_link texteo_icon texteo_icon_image">playing cards</a>. Created by Konstantin Matveevich Gribanov, the set had an impressive title: <div> <blockquote> Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience) </blockquote> </div> As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards. They were elaborately illustrated, beautifully-produced, and laden with pedagogical and ideological value. If you had money to spare and fancied yourself an educated, elite, or prestige-hungry subject of the tsar, you no doubt found a way to get your hands on a set. We think you should play with these cards. We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. You don't read Russian? No problem, we have translated the content.  You don't know where any of these places are? No problem, we made maps.  You don't know what questions to ask? No problem, we took care of that, too.  <h2>Now stop making excuses. <a href="https://imperiia.scalar.fas.harvard.edu/imperiia/the-playing-cards">Click here to explore "Deal: History Through Playing Cards</a>"</h2> (And come back here anytime to access the images via a dynamic, high-resolution viewer.) Note: The cards were digitized as the "Geographic Card Set of the Russian Empire" by the <a target="_blank" href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrmp.html#d_eng" rel="noopener">Meeting of Frontiers</a> project: a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the Russian National Library. They are available for noncommercial educational use. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meeting of Frontiers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress, Russian National Library GeoCard Province Simbirsk Capital Simbirsk Area (square miles) 17,841 Population (total) 1,044,782 Economic Activities Farming, Cattle, Fishing, Crafts Resident Ethnicities Ukrainians, Chuvash, Cheremis, Mordvinians Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Simbirsk Description An account of the resource Summary of the culture, history, economy and geography of the province. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfhome.html" target="_blank">Meeting of Frontiers Digital Collections</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress; Russian National Library Language A language of the resource Russian Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Access provided by the Library of Congress strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1856 Middle Volga region https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/d3af8b9e7d81f84cd3b47b9bd87f9aa9.jpg 397880a18a65262ceb5d758537ff6b70 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geographic Card Set Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 007 Description An account of the resource In 1856, a hot new item hit the shelves in Russia: a set of <a data-size="medium" data-align="right" data-caption="description" data-annotations="" resource="yaroslav-province" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/3159934d76f3c41fb9190281e87d6db9.jpg" class="media_link texteo_icon texteo_icon_image">playing cards</a>. Created by Konstantin Matveevich Gribanov, the set had an impressive title: <div> <blockquote> Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience) </blockquote> </div> As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards. They were elaborately illustrated, beautifully-produced, and laden with pedagogical and ideological value. If you had money to spare and fancied yourself an educated, elite, or prestige-hungry subject of the tsar, you no doubt found a way to get your hands on a set. We think you should play with these cards. We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. You don't read Russian? No problem, we have translated the content.  You don't know where any of these places are? No problem, we made maps.  You don't know what questions to ask? No problem, we took care of that, too.  <h2>Now stop making excuses. <a href="https://imperiia.scalar.fas.harvard.edu/imperiia/the-playing-cards">Click here to explore "Deal: History Through Playing Cards</a>"</h2> (And come back here anytime to access the images via a dynamic, high-resolution viewer.) Note: The cards were digitized as the "Geographic Card Set of the Russian Empire" by the <a target="_blank" href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrmp.html#d_eng" rel="noopener">Meeting of Frontiers</a> project: a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the Russian National Library. They are available for noncommercial educational use. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meeting of Frontiers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress, Russian National Library GeoCard Province Arkhangelsk Capital Arkhangelsk Area (square miles) 330,399 Population (total) 253,000 Economic Activities Cattle Resident Ethnicities Lopars, Karelians, Samoeds, Zyrians, Russians, Germans, Englishmen Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Arkhangelsk Description An account of the resource Summary of the culture, history, economy and geography of the province. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfhome.html" target="_blank">Meeting of Frontiers Digital Collections</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress; Russian National Library Language A language of the resource Russian Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Access provided by the Library of Congress strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1856 Northern region https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/6314585c7f573f2e10bc5774525a1339.jpg a4fb947f7bbbb9b501a581d04b2ee4d5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geographic Card Set Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 007 Description An account of the resource In 1856, a hot new item hit the shelves in Russia: a set of <a data-size="medium" data-align="right" data-caption="description" data-annotations="" resource="yaroslav-province" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/3159934d76f3c41fb9190281e87d6db9.jpg" class="media_link texteo_icon texteo_icon_image">playing cards</a>. Created by Konstantin Matveevich Gribanov, the set had an impressive title: <div> <blockquote> Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience) </blockquote> </div> As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards. They were elaborately illustrated, beautifully-produced, and laden with pedagogical and ideological value. If you had money to spare and fancied yourself an educated, elite, or prestige-hungry subject of the tsar, you no doubt found a way to get your hands on a set. We think you should play with these cards. We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. You don't read Russian? No problem, we have translated the content.  You don't know where any of these places are? No problem, we made maps.  You don't know what questions to ask? No problem, we took care of that, too.  <h2>Now stop making excuses. <a href="https://imperiia.scalar.fas.harvard.edu/imperiia/the-playing-cards">Click here to explore "Deal: History Through Playing Cards</a>"</h2> (And come back here anytime to access the images via a dynamic, high-resolution viewer.) Note: The cards were digitized as the "Geographic Card Set of the Russian Empire" by the <a target="_blank" href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrmp.html#d_eng" rel="noopener">Meeting of Frontiers</a> project: a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the Russian National Library. They are available for noncommercial educational use. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meeting of Frontiers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress, Russian National Library GeoCard Province Vologda Capital Vologda Area (square miles) 148,329 Population (total) 822,200 Economic Activities Cattle, Forestry, Pasture, Factories Resident Ethnicities Russians, Zyrians Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vologda Description An account of the resource Summary of the culture, history, economy and geography of the province. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfhome.html" target="_blank">Meeting of Frontiers Digital Collections</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress; Russian National Library Language A language of the resource Russian Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Access provided by the Library of Congress strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1856 Northern region https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/9a65ea80469e385660103f39867ef279.jpg b04527dcd8df240551b20f21b3eba1d4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geographic Card Set Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 007 Description An account of the resource In 1856, a hot new item hit the shelves in Russia: a set of <a data-size="medium" data-align="right" data-caption="description" data-annotations="" resource="yaroslav-province" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/3159934d76f3c41fb9190281e87d6db9.jpg" class="media_link texteo_icon texteo_icon_image">playing cards</a>. Created by Konstantin Matveevich Gribanov, the set had an impressive title: <div> <blockquote> Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience) </blockquote> </div> As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards. They were elaborately illustrated, beautifully-produced, and laden with pedagogical and ideological value. If you had money to spare and fancied yourself an educated, elite, or prestige-hungry subject of the tsar, you no doubt found a way to get your hands on a set. We think you should play with these cards. We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. You don't read Russian? No problem, we have translated the content.  You don't know where any of these places are? No problem, we made maps.  You don't know what questions to ask? No problem, we took care of that, too.  <h2>Now stop making excuses. <a href="https://imperiia.scalar.fas.harvard.edu/imperiia/the-playing-cards">Click here to explore "Deal: History Through Playing Cards</a>"</h2> (And come back here anytime to access the images via a dynamic, high-resolution viewer.) Note: The cards were digitized as the "Geographic Card Set of the Russian Empire" by the <a target="_blank" href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrmp.html#d_eng" rel="noopener">Meeting of Frontiers</a> project: a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the Russian National Library. They are available for noncommercial educational use. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meeting of Frontiers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress, Russian National Library GeoCard Province Perm Capital Perm Area (square miles) 129,074 Population (total) 1,637,700 Economic Activities Cattle, Fishing, Factories Resident Ethnicities Russians, Tatars, Bashkirs, Zyrians, Cheremis, Vogulichej Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Perm Description An account of the resource Summary of the culture, history, economy and geography of the province. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfhome.html" target="_blank">Meeting of Frontiers Digital Collections</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress; Russian National Library Language A language of the resource Russian Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Access provided by the Library of Congress strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1856 Northern Urals https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/784ccdb29fb0eadc84b7486c16b1ef08.jpg d1fda1063f69b50f82c10028462e6d21 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geographic Card Set Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 007 Description An account of the resource In 1856, a hot new item hit the shelves in Russia: a set of <a data-size="medium" data-align="right" data-caption="description" data-annotations="" resource="yaroslav-province" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/3159934d76f3c41fb9190281e87d6db9.jpg" class="media_link texteo_icon texteo_icon_image">playing cards</a>. Created by Konstantin Matveevich Gribanov, the set had an impressive title: <div> <blockquote> Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience) </blockquote> </div> As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards. They were elaborately illustrated, beautifully-produced, and laden with pedagogical and ideological value. If you had money to spare and fancied yourself an educated, elite, or prestige-hungry subject of the tsar, you no doubt found a way to get your hands on a set. We think you should play with these cards. We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. You don't read Russian? No problem, we have translated the content.  You don't know where any of these places are? No problem, we made maps.  You don't know what questions to ask? No problem, we took care of that, too.  <h2>Now stop making excuses. <a href="https://imperiia.scalar.fas.harvard.edu/imperiia/the-playing-cards">Click here to explore "Deal: History Through Playing Cards</a>"</h2> (And come back here anytime to access the images via a dynamic, high-resolution viewer.) Note: The cards were digitized as the "Geographic Card Set of the Russian Empire" by the <a target="_blank" href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrmp.html#d_eng" rel="noopener">Meeting of Frontiers</a> project: a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the Russian National Library. They are available for noncommercial educational use. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meeting of Frontiers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress, Russian National Library GeoCard Province Viatka Capital Viatka Area (square miles) 53,222 Population (total) 1,662,800 Economic Activities Farming, Forestry, Pasture, Factories Resident Ethnicities Russians, Votiaks, Cheremis, Tatars, Teptiars, Bashkirs Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Viatka Description An account of the resource Summary of the culture, history, economy and geography of the province. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfhome.html" target="_blank">Meeting of Frontiers Digital Collections</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress; Russian National Library Language A language of the resource Russian Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Access provided by the Library of Congress strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1856 Northern Urals https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/df1e3ba3921c87924c2564579db406b2.jpg 0d7b96aa02753fa33895cc481fb4a75e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geographic Card Set Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 007 Description An account of the resource In 1856, a hot new item hit the shelves in Russia: a set of <a data-size="medium" data-align="right" data-caption="description" data-annotations="" resource="yaroslav-province" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/3159934d76f3c41fb9190281e87d6db9.jpg" class="media_link texteo_icon texteo_icon_image">playing cards</a>. Created by Konstantin Matveevich Gribanov, the set had an impressive title: <div> <blockquote> Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience) </blockquote> </div> As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards. They were elaborately illustrated, beautifully-produced, and laden with pedagogical and ideological value. If you had money to spare and fancied yourself an educated, elite, or prestige-hungry subject of the tsar, you no doubt found a way to get your hands on a set. We think you should play with these cards. We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. You don't read Russian? No problem, we have translated the content.  You don't know where any of these places are? No problem, we made maps.  You don't know what questions to ask? No problem, we took care of that, too.  <h2>Now stop making excuses. <a href="https://imperiia.scalar.fas.harvard.edu/imperiia/the-playing-cards">Click here to explore "Deal: History Through Playing Cards</a>"</h2> (And come back here anytime to access the images via a dynamic, high-resolution viewer.) Note: The cards were digitized as the "Geographic Card Set of the Russian Empire" by the <a target="_blank" href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrmp.html#d_eng" rel="noopener">Meeting of Frontiers</a> project: a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the Russian National Library. They are available for noncommercial educational use. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meeting of Frontiers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress, Russian National Library GeoCard Province Bessarabia Capital Kishinev Area (square miles) 18,265 Population (total) 792,000 Economic Activities Farming, Cattle, Forestry, Viticulture, Fishing, Pasture, Tobacco Resident Ethnicities Russians, Jews, Germans, Gypsies, Greeks, Tatars, Moldavans, Bulgarians, Armenians Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bessarabia Description An account of the resource Summary of the culture, history, economy and geography of the province. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfhome.html" target="_blank">Meeting of Frontiers Digital Collections</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress; Russian National Library Language A language of the resource Russian Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Access provided by the Library of Congress strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1856 Novorossiia https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/7630484df51885344fd3805fbafcb751.jpg a25d9b9e47d51fcf4108f2a67c09a1e7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geographic Card Set Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 007 Description An account of the resource In 1856, a hot new item hit the shelves in Russia: a set of <a data-size="medium" data-align="right" data-caption="description" data-annotations="" resource="yaroslav-province" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/3159934d76f3c41fb9190281e87d6db9.jpg" class="media_link texteo_icon texteo_icon_image">playing cards</a>. Created by Konstantin Matveevich Gribanov, the set had an impressive title: <div> <blockquote> Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience) </blockquote> </div> As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards. They were elaborately illustrated, beautifully-produced, and laden with pedagogical and ideological value. If you had money to spare and fancied yourself an educated, elite, or prestige-hungry subject of the tsar, you no doubt found a way to get your hands on a set. We think you should play with these cards. We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. You don't read Russian? No problem, we have translated the content.  You don't know where any of these places are? No problem, we made maps.  You don't know what questions to ask? No problem, we took care of that, too.  <h2>Now stop making excuses. <a href="https://imperiia.scalar.fas.harvard.edu/imperiia/the-playing-cards">Click here to explore "Deal: History Through Playing Cards</a>"</h2> (And come back here anytime to access the images via a dynamic, high-resolution viewer.) Note: The cards were digitized as the "Geographic Card Set of the Russian Empire" by the <a target="_blank" href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrmp.html#d_eng" rel="noopener">Meeting of Frontiers</a> project: a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the Russian National Library. They are available for noncommercial educational use. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meeting of Frontiers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress, Russian National Library GeoCard Province Black Sea Host Capital Ekaterinodar Area (square miles) 14,750 Population (total) 125,400 Economic Activities Farming, Cattle, Forestry, Fishing Resident Ethnicities Cossacks Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Sea Host Description An account of the resource Summary of the culture, history, economy and geography of the province. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfhome.html" target="_blank">Meeting of Frontiers Digital Collections</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress; Russian National Library Language A language of the resource Russian Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Access provided by the Library of Congress strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1856 Novorossiia https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/2ab1dbcf628b1ab79bce5ccbc4eb12b1.jpg 942c04bb47d3906d4a4f706bc782e380 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geographic Card Set Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 007 Description An account of the resource In 1856, a hot new item hit the shelves in Russia: a set of <a data-size="medium" data-align="right" data-caption="description" data-annotations="" resource="yaroslav-province" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/3159934d76f3c41fb9190281e87d6db9.jpg" class="media_link texteo_icon texteo_icon_image">playing cards</a>. Created by Konstantin Matveevich Gribanov, the set had an impressive title: <div> <blockquote> Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience) </blockquote> </div> As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards. They were elaborately illustrated, beautifully-produced, and laden with pedagogical and ideological value. If you had money to spare and fancied yourself an educated, elite, or prestige-hungry subject of the tsar, you no doubt found a way to get your hands on a set. We think you should play with these cards. We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. You don't read Russian? No problem, we have translated the content.  You don't know where any of these places are? No problem, we made maps.  You don't know what questions to ask? No problem, we took care of that, too.  <h2>Now stop making excuses. <a href="https://imperiia.scalar.fas.harvard.edu/imperiia/the-playing-cards">Click here to explore "Deal: History Through Playing Cards</a>"</h2> (And come back here anytime to access the images via a dynamic, high-resolution viewer.) Note: The cards were digitized as the "Geographic Card Set of the Russian Empire" by the <a target="_blank" href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrmp.html#d_eng" rel="noopener">Meeting of Frontiers</a> project: a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the Russian National Library. They are available for noncommercial educational use. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meeting of Frontiers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress, Russian National Library GeoCard Province Don Host Capital Novocherkask Area (square miles) 62,568 Population (total) 704,300 Economic Activities Cattle, Viticulture, Distilleries, Fishing, Pasture Resident Ethnicities Russians, Ukrainians, Gypsies, Armenians, Greeks Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Don Host Description An account of the resource Summary of the culture, history, economy and geography of the province. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfhome.html" target="_blank">Meeting of Frontiers Digital Collections</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress; Russian National Library Language A language of the resource Russian Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Access provided by the Library of Congress strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1856 Novorossiia https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/5081fc6ccda7282eb5df438a38b31028.jpg 794fbd16aa01cabc9b4d6ff2740e850e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geographic Card Set Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 007 Description An account of the resource In 1856, a hot new item hit the shelves in Russia: a set of <a data-size="medium" data-align="right" data-caption="description" data-annotations="" resource="yaroslav-province" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/3159934d76f3c41fb9190281e87d6db9.jpg" class="media_link texteo_icon texteo_icon_image">playing cards</a>. Created by Konstantin Matveevich Gribanov, the set had an impressive title: <div> <blockquote> Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience) </blockquote> </div> As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards. They were elaborately illustrated, beautifully-produced, and laden with pedagogical and ideological value. If you had money to spare and fancied yourself an educated, elite, or prestige-hungry subject of the tsar, you no doubt found a way to get your hands on a set. We think you should play with these cards. We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. You don't read Russian? No problem, we have translated the content.  You don't know where any of these places are? No problem, we made maps.  You don't know what questions to ask? No problem, we took care of that, too.  <h2>Now stop making excuses. <a href="https://imperiia.scalar.fas.harvard.edu/imperiia/the-playing-cards">Click here to explore "Deal: History Through Playing Cards</a>"</h2> (And come back here anytime to access the images via a dynamic, high-resolution viewer.) Note: The cards were digitized as the "Geographic Card Set of the Russian Empire" by the <a target="_blank" href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrmp.html#d_eng" rel="noopener">Meeting of Frontiers</a> project: a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the Russian National Library. They are available for noncommercial educational use. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meeting of Frontiers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress, Russian National Library GeoCard Province Ekaterinoslav Capital Ekaterinoslav Area (square miles) 25,678 Population (total) 870,100 Economic Activities Cattle, Gardening Resident Ethnicities Russians, Ukrainians, Belorussians, Poles, Jews, Germans, Gypsies, Greeks, Armenians, Moldavans Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ekaterinoslav Description An account of the resource Summary of the culture, history, economy and geography of the province. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfhome.html" target="_blank">Meeting of Frontiers Digital Collections</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress; Russian National Library Language A language of the resource Russian Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Access provided by the Library of Congress strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1856 Novorossiia https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/f49c5adbeef49f96be359b4a53e6dd95.jpg 7e0b4cbbad021cd3c631fb1c5e706ec1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geographic Card Set Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 007 Description An account of the resource In 1856, a hot new item hit the shelves in Russia: a set of <a data-size="medium" data-align="right" data-caption="description" data-annotations="" resource="yaroslav-province" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/3159934d76f3c41fb9190281e87d6db9.jpg" class="media_link texteo_icon texteo_icon_image">playing cards</a>. Created by Konstantin Matveevich Gribanov, the set had an impressive title: <div> <blockquote> Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience) </blockquote> </div> As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards. They were elaborately illustrated, beautifully-produced, and laden with pedagogical and ideological value. If you had money to spare and fancied yourself an educated, elite, or prestige-hungry subject of the tsar, you no doubt found a way to get your hands on a set. We think you should play with these cards. We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. You don't read Russian? No problem, we have translated the content.  You don't know where any of these places are? No problem, we made maps.  You don't know what questions to ask? No problem, we took care of that, too.  <h2>Now stop making excuses. <a href="https://imperiia.scalar.fas.harvard.edu/imperiia/the-playing-cards">Click here to explore "Deal: History Through Playing Cards</a>"</h2> (And come back here anytime to access the images via a dynamic, high-resolution viewer.) Note: The cards were digitized as the "Geographic Card Set of the Russian Empire" by the <a target="_blank" href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrmp.html#d_eng" rel="noopener">Meeting of Frontiers</a> project: a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the Russian National Library. They are available for noncommercial educational use. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meeting of Frontiers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress, Russian National Library GeoCard Province Kherson Capital Kherson Area (square miles) 28,358 Population (total) 842,400 Economic Activities Farming, Cattle, Distilleries, Fishing, Tobacco Resident Ethnicities Russians, Ukrainians, Jews, Germans, Gypsies, Swedes, Greeks, Armenians, Moldavans, Bulgarians Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kherson Description An account of the resource Summary of the culture, history, economy and geography of the province. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfhome.html" target="_blank">Meeting of Frontiers Digital Collections</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress; Russian National Library Language A language of the resource Russian Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Access provided by the Library of Congress strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1856 Novorossiia